A Little Help from Our Friends

The Photon Sciences (PS) directorate frequently seeks advice from a
number of external committees made up of users, reviewers, and experts
in a wide range of scientific fields.

The Users’ Executive Committee provides a forum for ongoing, organized
discussions between representatives of the NSLS user community and the
management and administration of PS, Brookhaven National Laboratory,
funding agencies, Congress, and other synchrotron user groups. Its goal
is to communicate current and future needs, concerns, and trends, and to
disseminate information about plans for NSLS, NSLS-II, and Brookhaven
Lab. In addition to regular members, the UEC appoints Special Interest
Group (SpIG) representatives, which are divided into areas of common
concern.

Users' Executive Committee

In March, two of the directorate’s committees, the NSLS Science
Advisory Committee and the NSLS-II Experimental Facilities Advisory
Committee, were replaced with the Photon Sciences Science Advisory
Committee (SAC). The SAC advises the Associate Laboratory Director for
Photon Sciences on all scientific and policy issues related to the full
and effective use of NSLS and NSLS-II and on future developments
required to achieve the highest possible scientific productivity of both
facilities.

Science Advisory Committee

As part of the peer-review process of general user proposals, the
Proposal Review Panels (PRPs) review and rate the proposals within their
scientific area. Members are drawn from the scientific community and
usually serve a two-year term. Each PRP has an appointed chair, who is
part of the Proposal Oversight Panel, or POP, with a few other select
members. The POP reviews proposals that might need special attention due
to use of multiple techniques or conflicts in scores.

In addition to the SAC, staff members working on the NSLS-II Project
consult with three groups: the NSLS-II Project Advisory Committee (PAC),
the Accelerator Systems Advisory Committee (ASAC), and the Conventional
Facilities Advisory Committee (CFAC).

The PAC reviews the progress of the NSLS-II Project on matters
related to project planning, execution, management, and safety. It
identifies issues whose resolution is critical to the success of the
project in meeting project performance, cost, and schedule goals, and
provides continuity of oversight until the completion of the project.

The ASAC is composed of external experts trained in accelerator
physics and engineering who are familiar with the design, construction,
and operations of major accelerator systems. This group provides
guidance on technical choices, trade-offs, and decisions; value
engineering; measures to improve availability and reliability of
operations; diagnostics and controls; and other related issues.

The CFAC is comprised of external experts trained in conventional
construction, most of whom have had extensive experience in designing
and constructing conventional facilities and the supporting
infrastructure associated with major scientific user facilities. This
group provides advice on the development of the improvements to land,
conventional construction, and utilities systems required to deliver the
maximum benefit to users.

Committee and Panel Membership

Users’ Executive Committee

Chair: Tony Lanzirotti, University of Chicago
Vice Chair: Simon Billinge, Columbia University
Past Chair: Bruce Ravel, National Institute of Standards
and Technology
General Member: Jay Bass, University of Illinois
General Member: Jen Bohon, Case Western Reserve
University
General Member: Dan Fischer, National Institute of
Standards and Technology
General Member: David Mullins, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory
Ex-Officio: Lisa Miller, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Ex-Officio: Kathy Nasta, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Ex-Officio: Qun Shen, Brookhaven National Laboratory

IR/UV/Soft X-ray Spectroscopy

Magnetism/Strongly Correlated Electrons/Surface
Robert Bartynski (Chair), Rutgers University
Alexander Moewes, University of Saskatchewan
David Mullins, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Robert Opila Jr, University of Delaware
Boris Sinkovic, University of Connecticut
Jiufeng Tu, City University of New York
Tonica Valla, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Imaging and Microprobes: Chemical and Material
Sciences

Harald Ade (Chair), North Carolina State University
David Black, Topographix
Darren Dale, Cornell University
Paul Evans, University of Wisconsin
Mark Rivers, University of Chicago
Paul Zschack, Argonne National Laboratory

Imaging and Microprobes: Environmental and
Geosciences

Don Baker, McGill University
David Black, Topographix
Darren Dale, Cornell University
George Flynn, State University of New York at
Plattsburgh
Matthew Ginder-Vogel, Calera
Keith Jones (Chair), Brookhaven National Laboratory
Mark Rivers, University of Chicago
Donald Ross, University of Vermont

Powder / Single Crystal Crystallography

Emil Bozin, Columbia University
Andrew Campbell, University of Chicago
Karena Chapman, Argonne National Laboratory
Yu-Sheng Chen, University of Chicago
Przemyslaw Dera, University of Chicago
James Kaduk (Chair), Poly Crystallography Inc.
Volker Kahlenberg, University of Innsbruck
Peter Khalifah, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Stefan Kycia, University of Guelph
Peter Lee, Argonne National Laboratory
Wendy Panero, Ohio State University
Peter Stephens, Stony Brook University

Structural Biology in Solution

Joanna Krueger (Chair), University of North Carolina
Bryan Nixon, Pennsylvania State University
Peter Prevelige, University of Alabama
Steven Roderick, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bianca Sclavi, Centre National de La Recherche
Scientifique
Brian Shilton, University of Western Ontario
Hirotsugu Tsuruta, Stanford University

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